The North Sea Commission

NSC Annual Business Meeting June 17th 2005

Agenda 14th NSC Annual Business Meeting, from 9 to 13 June 17th Zeeland, The Nederlands

1. Annual Reports

a. Presidents Report
b. Annual Reports from the Thematic Groups

i. Culture and Tourism
ii. Economic Development - updated 070605
iii. Education and Research - updatet 070605
iv. Environment
v. Fisheries - updated 31.05.05
vi. Transport

c. Report from the conference "The North Sea - Today and Tomorrow" - updated 01.06.05

2. NSC Work Plans

Background papers:
Executive Committee, Aberdeenshire October 15th 2004 "NSC AN ORGANISATION FOR THE FUTURE"
Executive Committee, Ringkøbing March 1st 2005 "THE FUTURE OF THE NSC"
Strategic Committee, Aberdeenshire April 7th 2005 " THE FUTURE STRUCTURE OF NSC"

a. Executive Committee Work Plan and overview of the workplans
b. Work Plans of the Thematic Groups

i. Culture and Tourism and additional information
ii. Economic Development and additional information
iii. Education and Research and additional information
iv. Environment and additional information
v. Fisheries
vi. Transport

3. Finances

a. Accounts and audit report - updated 06.06.05
b. Budget 2006 - updated 06.06.05

4. Elections of NSC Office bearers

a. Election of Vice President
b. Confirmation of the election of Vice President Peter Byman, done at Executive Committee meeting
October 15th.
c. Confirmation of the Members and Substitute Members to the NSC Executive Committee, elected by the National delegations

5. Update of the NSC Charter

a. Existing NSC Charter
b. New proposed NSC Charter

6. Report from CPMR, by Claudio Martini

a. Activety Report - updated 10.06.05
b. CPMR-NSC building closer links - updated 10.06.05

7. Report from the Interreg IIIB programme for the North Sea, by Lorraine George

8. Resolutions and Political Statements

· Political Statement on Inshore Ship to Ship transfers of crude oil products and other hydrocarbons

· Draft Resolution Towards a European Maritime Policy – a major European perspective for the North Sea Region

· Draft Resolution on the interdependence of EU´s Lisbon Strategy and the Gothenburg Agenda

· Draft Resolution on A future European Maritime Policy

· Draft Resolution With reference to a new European legislation on chemicals

· Draft Resolution on EU Territorial Cooperation 2007- 2013 - updated 070605